linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: fix can't check for too long invalid commit id

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Date:   Sun, 3 May 2020 14:54:31 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Matteo Croce <mcroce@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: fix can't check for too long invalid
 commit id

> it willn't warn anything about it due to 41+ length commit will never

I suggest to reconsider also this wording.

Alternatives:
* will not
* won't


> This patch moves the unknown commit id check for normal commit description
> to GIT_COMMIT_ID, and uses ERROR instead of WARN, because unknown commit
> id is total useless to track change history in changelog, it deserves the
> ERROR.

Can such a software adjustment trigger any more improvements?

Regards,
Markus